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Monday, May 11, 2015

131. Ntwadumela

Ntwadumela ("He who greets with fire') is one of the lost. Like many of his brothers and sisters, he was altered by the Watts-McLeod strain of the exsurgent virus. His mind, however, was altered in more subtle ways than many of the others, and he does not even know he is an asynch. The virus gifted him with a strange and powerful mind: he sees connections, makes calculations, understands the flow of events, and comes to strange but powerful conclusions in ways that are more like an AI than a human. The virus also destabilized his mind, and his sentience is under continual threat of erosion and is maintained through sheer force of will. When physically threatened he usually slips into a fugue or unconscious frenzy.

Currently Ntwadumela is serving as Direct Action's representative to the Immortals, and is therefore technically in charge. He prefers, however, to leave decision-making to the Immortals themselves, and serves only as an adviser. he excels due to his unique mind, supplemented with an education in history, military theory, game theory and biology. The Immortals have learned to trust his conclusions, even when they cannot begin to follow his thinking. In his spare time, Ntwadumela is learning to design robots, which he wishes to make as the flawless executors of his counter-intuitive plans.

Notes: Ntwadumela, paired with the rest of the Immortals, should be a plausible threat for even the most powerful PCs. If he enters combat, flip a coin. Heads and he is affected by his unconscious lead, fighting quickly and effectively. Tails and he enters a fugue state, and will be unresponsive until combat ceases.